This is a list of people who have served as

Lord Lieutenant A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility ov ...

of Queen's County. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831. Appointments to the position ended with the creation of the

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in 1922.

Governors

Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath ( 1609 – 18 December 1661) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician from County Roscommon. A strong advocate of the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland, he fought for Parliament and the Commonwealth in the 16 ...

: July–December 1661 *

William Dawson, 1st Viscount Carlow William Henry Dawson, 1st Viscount Carlow (died 22 August 1779) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Dawson was the son of Ephraim Dawson of Queen's County and Anne Preston, daughter and heiress of Samuel Preston. Between 1733 and 1760, Daw ...

: 1750–1779 *

John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

: –1774 *

Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda Field Marshal Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, (29 June 1730 – 22 December 1822) was a British Army officer and politician. He bore the colours of his regiment at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745 ...

: 1774–1799; again in 1805 * William Wellesley-Pole, 1st Baron Maryborough: 1783David R. Fisher
WELLESLEY POLE, Hon. William (1763–1845), of 3 Savile Row, Mdx.
in ''

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: the House of Commons 1820–1832'' (2009).–1831 * Charles Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote: Beatson's ''Political Index'' (1806) vol. III
p. 373
–1823 * Thomas Cosby: –1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831
p. 389

Lord Lieutenants

* The Viscount de Vesci: 17 October 1831 – 19 October 1855 * The Lord Castletown: 17 November 1855 – 22 January 1883 * The Viscount de Vesci: 28 March 1883 – December 1900 * Sir Algernon Coote, Bt: 28 December 1900 – 22 October 1920 * Sir Hutcheson Poë, Bt: 11 November 1920 – 1922

References

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